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Definition of Dispraise
1. Noun. The act of speaking contemptuously of.
Generic synonyms: Disapproval
Specialized synonyms: Belittling, Denigration, Deprecation, Detraction
Derivative terms: Disparage
Definition of Dispraise
1. v. t. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
2. n. The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
Definition of Dispraise
1. Verb. To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dispraise
1. [v -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispraise
Literary usage of Dispraise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theaetetus of Plato: With Translation and Notes by Plato, Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1881)
"If then he says, either by way of praise or dispraise, that we are alike in some
bodily feature, it is not very well worth while to attend to him ? Theae. ..."
2. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"dispraise of Love, and Lovers' Follies. ? IF love be life, I long to die, Live
they that list for me: And he that gains the most thereby, A fool at least ..."
3. The Poetical Rhapsody: To which are Added, Several Other Pieces by Francis Davison, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1826)
"ODE X. dispraise OF LOVE, AND LOVER'S FOLLIES. IF love be life, I long to die,
Live they that list for me : And he that gains the most thereby, A fool, ..."
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